Thu. 10/14/10 12:55pm
Cecile:
That was a good era for Brit Invasion coming back. I think those two Searchers albums of that era are some of their strongest stuff.

Thu. 10/14/10 12:58pm
RZ:
Noone was a natural for this stuff. Surprised it never hit bigger and was more or less written out of history. At the time being know as Herman was probably a detriment as opposed to an advantage!

Thu. 10/14/10 12:58pm
Cecile:
dcp, you ain't kidding. Any scene that can spawn Chromeo, the Gruesomes, Voivoid, King Khan, Godspeed You Black Emperor! and DJ Champion is a-OK with me.

Thu. 10/14/10 12:58pm
SmokinJ:
Sounds like Peter Noone was playin' the shit outa' his Knack album as well...

Thu. 10/14/10 1:01pm
Carmichael:
Thanks for the 101ers, Joe!

Thu. 10/14/10 1:02pm
Cecile:
I liked the 1st Knack LP a lot at first, but there was always a kind of sliminess about their lyrics even by the boy-centric standards of garage rock at the time that turned me off. Also? It was overplayed. By the radio and by me.

Thu. 10/14/10 1:05pm
Cecile:
That's very true. I think people were jealous that their kind of rock broke through when other bands weren't.

Thu. 10/14/10 1:05pm
Carmichael:
I really liked the guitar player, Burton Averre (?). But go watch the My Sharona video and see if you don't shudder and say "ugh!"

Thu. 10/14/10 1:06pm
Joe B:
The Knack backlash - I still see examp[les of it today, and through the last 30 years: Fans of struggling band whine 'why are they not popular?" yet if and when they get popular, same fan cries sellout or has some other problem.

Thu. 10/14/10 1:07pm
Cecile:
Oh, absolutely. If you're a band you have to have a sense of humor about it, because you can't win.

Thu. 10/14/10 1:08pm
Jeb:
Evil Farm Children just shared a bill with the Gerry Alvarez Odyssey in London Ontario. Great stuff & great guys.

Thu. 10/14/10 1:09pm
Joe B:
Hi Jeb!

I wish Gerry would come down here!

Thu. 10/14/10 1:11pm
Cecile:
I saw them at a festival in '04, and they were all right. Liked Blue Oyster Cult better.

Thu. 10/14/10 1:12pm
Cecile:
heh. Those were two bands that were blessed/cursed with one hit song that was bigger than they were.

Thu. 10/14/10 1:12pm
SmokinJ:
BOC hade their moments as well :)

Thu. 10/14/10 1:13pm
Cecile:
Many, many moments.

Thu. 10/14/10 1:16pm
Cecile:
Hey, I saw early 90s lineup GBV the other night. They brought it, and man. Does that band need Tobin Sprout! They had great stuff after him, but he delivered a lot of good songs.

Thu. 10/14/10 1:42pm
Bad Ronald:
Hello Joe et al. Yeah, I loved the Knack. They did a kick-ass cover of "The Hard Way" on their 2nd album!

Thu. 10/14/10 1:46pm
Rob W:
Cecile! Marmalade Kitty! Greetings! Katie blew off the whole GBV thing Cecile, she is very, very particular about what shows she goes to (out of Teenage Fanclub, Vaselines, GBV, Belle and Seb., the only one we went to was the FMU Clean show @ Maxwell's) - but glad you enjoyed (even sans Mr Sprout)...

Thu. 10/14/10 1:49pm
Parq:
@Joe, 1:02 -- thanks for the response. We trust you to achieve greatness in your own fashion, but you know us listeners -- we wanna get loaded! Yeah!

Thu. 10/14/10 1:52pm
Rob W:
Joe gets extra credit for updating his montage rather than resting on his laurels, Parq!